http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news on scientific topics and technology en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293138,youth-ministry-blocks-any-email-bearing-the-word-teen.html Wellington - The New Zealand government department responsible for issues to do with young people cannot receive any emails with the word teen in them because they are automatically blocked as potentially pornographic, a news report said Wednesday.... Internet,Technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:10:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293138,youth-ministry-blocks-any-email-bearing-the-word-teen.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292705,computer-and-internet-briefs.html Washington - Run across a web page you don't want to forget? In Windows Internet Explorer, you can quickly place a shortcut to it on your desktop by right-clicking inside the page and selecting Create Shortcut from the pop-up menu. Creating shortcu... Internet,Technology Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:10:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292705,computer-and-internet-briefs.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292630,windows-7s-hidden-gems--feature.html Washington - Windows 7's headline features naturally get all the attention. If you have read anything about Microsoft's latest operating system, you probably already know that Windows 7 is faster, more compatible, and less annoying than Windows Vista. ... Internet,Technology Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:10:34 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292630,windows-7s-hidden-gems--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292605,internet-oversight-group-approves-non-latin-domain-names.html San Francisco - The organization that oversees the internet has authorized the use of non-Latin characters in domain names in a move that should help the web grow around the world. The adoption of the Internationalized Domain Names system will allow ... Internet,Technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:22:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292605,internet-oversight-group-approves-non-latin-domain-names.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292594,facebook-awarded-711-million-dollars-in-spam-damages.html San Francisco - Spam king Sanford Wallace has been ordered to pay 711 million dollars in damages for bombarding Facebook members with unwanted messages, the social networking site said Friday. The award was made at the San Jose District Court on Thur... Internet,Technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292594,facebook-awarded-711-million-dollars-in-spam-damages.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292523,web-addresses-become-multilingual.html Seoul - Plans are in motion to create fully internationalized Web addresses - those completely in non-Latin scripts like Korean or Arabic, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, announced Friday. We just made the intern... Internet,Technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:22:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292523,web-addresses-become-multilingual.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292467,conference-celebrates-40th-birthday-of-internet.html Los Angeles - The man who sent the first-ever internet message in 1969 recalled the event Thursday at a conference celebrating the 40th birthday of the revolutionary communications network. It's the 40th year since the infant internet first spoke, ... Internet,Technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:40:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292467,conference-celebrates-40th-birthday-of-internet.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292079,lo-it-began-internet-founder-recalls-first-message--feature.html Los Angeles - Samuel Morse had the prescience to select a suitably imposing quote with which to make history when he sent the first telegraph message in 1844. He tapped out: What God hath wrought? Some 125 years later... Internet,Technology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:22:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292079,lo-it-began-internet-founder-recalls-first-message--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291775,internet-regulator-emphasizes-world-in-world-wide-web--feature.html Seoul - A simpler World Wide Web for non-English speakers is on the horizon, according to the world's internet regulator, which is hosting its 36th International Public Meeting this week in South Korea's capital Seoul. The Internet Corporation for ... Internet,Technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:04:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291775,internet-regulator-emphasizes-world-in-world-wide-web--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291669,computer-and-internet-briefs.html Washington - Got a new solid state drive (SSD) in your notebook or desktop computer? That's great, but it doesn't mean you can get complacent about backing up your data. SSDs can and do die as unpredictably and suddenly as traditional magnetic platte... Internet,Technology Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:16:50 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291669,computer-and-internet-briefs.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291668,windows-7-more-secure-and-more-fun.html Munich - First impressions are important - and Windows 7 doesn't blow its chance. Even during the installation process, the new operating system from Microsoft - available in most of the world since October 22 - makes life easy for the user. That mea... Internet,Technology Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:16:49 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291668,windows-7-more-secure-and-more-fun.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291666,cloud-computing-doesnt-have-to-be-risky.html Berlin - It's become ever easier to save a document with Google or a picture with Flickr thanks to the quick spread of online storage services, known as the cloud. Quite simply, the cloud allows users to dispense with purchasing their own software or... Internet,Technology Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:16:46 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291666,cloud-computing-doesnt-have-to-be-risky.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291665,windows-live-provides-functions-axed-from-windows-7.html Hamburg - Movie Maker, Messenger and Mail are just some of the functions that did not make it into the Windows 7 operating system, due to come out this autumn. But that doesn't mean computer users have to learn to live without them. Windows Live, a f... Internet,Technology Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:16:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291665,windows-live-provides-functions-axed-from-windows-7.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291664,frustrated-or-spherical-microsoft-displays-mouse-prototypes.html Munich - Microsoft has revealed a sample of its vision for the computer mice of the future. Five prototypes were on display at a recent conference in Canada, all based around the concept of touch-sensitive displays. One was dubbed the Frustrated Tota... Internet,Technology Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:16:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291664,frustrated-or-spherical-microsoft-displays-mouse-prototypes.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291315,italy-to-shut-down-anti-berlusconi-facebook-site.html L'Aquila, Italy - The Italian government has ordered the closure of a group on the social networking website, Facebook, calling for the death of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, an official said Thursday. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni also indica... Internet,Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:28:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291315,italy-to-shut-down-anti-berlusconi-facebook-site.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291312,study-still-no-eu-single-market-when-it-comes-to.html Brussels - The European Union's single market was meant to give customers a better deal by allowing them to find the cheapest product in any member state. But, while the internet may have produced virtual shopping malls of continental proportions, mo... Internet,Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:16:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291312,study-still-no-eu-single-market-when-it-comes-to.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291278,is-your-pc-ready-for-windows-7--feature.html Washington - PC retailers have spent the last few weeks gearing up in a big way for the launch of Windows 7. They are cleared out old inventory and stocked the latest PCs and notebooks in anticipation of increased demand for Windows 7-ready hardware. ... Internet,Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:46:46 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291278,is-your-pc-ready-for-windows-7--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291227,directing-the-chorus-of-twitters-finding-the-relevant-news.html Hamburg - Barack Obama uses Twitter. A follower of the Dalai Lama does as well, thereby giving the world the impression that the real Tibetan spiritual leader is behind the aphorisms. Ordinary people, of course, use Twitter, a real-time short messagi... Internet,Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:10:48 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291227,directing-the-chorus-of-twitters-finding-the-relevant-news.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290875,hasta-la-vista-to-microsoft-vista-as-windows-7-launches.html Seattle - Microsoft is encouraging consumers to hold house parties for Thursday's launch of its new Windows 7 operating system. If anyone is actually celebrating, they are more likely cheering the departure of the infamous Vista than the arrival of i... Internet,Technology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:34:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290875,hasta-la-vista-to-microsoft-vista-as-windows-7-launches.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290817,pirate-bay-appeal-hearing-is-postponed-pending-ruling.html Stockholm - An appeal hearing on the Pirate Bay file-sharing website has been postponed until the Supreme Court has ruled on possible bias in the case, Sweden's Appeal Court said Monday. The hearing had been planned to open November 12, but owing to ... Internet,Technology Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:52:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290817,pirate-bay-appeal-hearing-is-postponed-pending-ruling.html